King Without A Crown: King Mo Lawal Cut from Strikeforce

You may have already heard by now, but King Mo Lawal was cut by the UFC last week. It didn’t take long either. In less than 24 hours Lawal found himself jobless.

Lawal was given a 9 month suspension for failing a drug test after his fight on the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine card. Lawal won that fight via a 2nd round TKO, beating Lorenz Larkin and pushing his record to 9-1; that is until the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) ruled the bout a no contest because of the failed drug test.

Along with the suspension, Lawal was fined 30% of his show money and was forced to give up his $15,000 win bonus.

During the hearing, Lawal was asked by NSAC commissioner Pat Lundvall if he could read and understand English. Lundvall was refering to a questionnaire that Lawal had to fill out that required the fighter (and all fighters) to note any medication that was taken 2 weeks leading up to the fight.

I guess Mo didn’t like the tone of the question, because after his hearing he took to Twitter and bashed Lundvall.

“I honestly feel like Lundvall was a racist bitch asking me if I can read or speak english.” King Mo Tweeted.

A little later on, Lawal would defend himself against accusations of playing the race card by saying that he felt the questions being asked were racist, given that he graduated from college.

“Its funny how people are tryna say that I’m callin the commission racist. No!! They aren’t. But there was one person on the panel that was out of line with the question she asked me. I found it insulting, prejudice, and a lil racist. I say racist from my past experiences, I have been asked that in the past as an insult.” He tweeted.

So why am I bringing all this up? Because, like many other ZUFFA fighters in the past that have been cut for conduct reasons, I don’t think this one will last.

Let me correct that, I think it will last…about 9 months. I think King Mo will be back around the time the suspension is lifted, but I could be wrong. There are some who think Lawal will end up in the WWE.

What I don’t understand is how Lawal is cut for lashing out, but Quinton “Rampage” Jackson takes to Twitter and essentially begs to be cut, but isn’t. Jackson has 1 fight left on his contract and the UFC expects him to fulfill that contract.

Lets be honest, the reason King Mo is gone and Jackson isn’t? Pay-Per-View. Jackson is still a draw, Lawal isn’t; at least not at the level Jackson is. Jackson won’t be a draw for much longer as he’s on a sharp decline, but there is still money to be made off him as a fighter in the near term.

What say you? Should King Mo have been cut? Should Jackson have been cut? Leave a comment below and let me know.